- Date
- May 30, 1968
- Place
- Broomes Island, VA · BROOMES ISLAND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N71322Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109996
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2191 68/5/30 BROOMES ISLAND,VA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N71322 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 810 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/2/68.PLT SUFFERED AMNESIA,WANDERED OUT OF WOODS ON 6/2/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71322
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N71322Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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